Boy, 13, Busted For Illegal Marker Possession | The Smoking Gun.
Does DeLynn Woodside suffer from an obsessive compulsive disorder, or was she seeking a means of revenge against a student for some prior offense?
Ms. Woodside, a math teacher at Roosevelt Middle School, (Oklahoma City) had a 13 year old student arrested for using a Sharpie “permanent” marker in class. Apparently the sharpie bled through the paper and put a mark on the student’s desk. It is apparently against an obscure city ordinace to use a permanent marker on private property without the owner’s permission. (Is a public school private property??)
The Police Dept spokesman, not wanting to take responsibility for this one, has credited Woodside with a “citizen’s arrest’.
Comments appended to this entry in the Smoking Gun add more fun to the story. Apparently “citizen’s arrest” may apply only to felonies. Also, a bit of rubbing alcohol is good for removing sharpie stains.